dimness

English

Etymology

From Middle English dymnes, dymnesse, from Old English dimnes, dymnys, dimness (“dimness, darkness, obscurity”), equivalent to dim +‎ -ness.

Noun

dimness (countable and uncountable, plural dimnesses)

1. The state of being dim, poorly illuminated, almost dark.
   • 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book third, page 155:

     So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.

Translations

state of being dim

• Bulgarian: полумрак (bg) m (polumrak)
• Finnish: hämäryys (fi), hämärä (fi)
• Hungarian: homály (hu)
• Irish: laige f
• Latvian: blāvums
• Macedonian: по́лумрак m (pólumrak), затемну́вање n (zatemnúvanje)

Anagrams

• desmins, endisms, missend